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「In the Royal Hall.」

Gao Neng had struck the Fourth Prince, Xue Ruyu, with Moon Piercing, the first form of the Art of Assassination. Now, he had finally succeeded in setting him ablaze with Netherworld Hell.

The Fourth Prince, Xue Ruyu, though still alive, was as good as dead.

Miserable screams escaped from Xue Ruyu’s lips.

He was filled with bitter indignation...

’This is the Royal Hall!’

’The Royal Hall of the Blood Race! No matter how audacious ’Mu Feifei’ was, she shouldn’t have killed him here.’

BANG!

The door was thrown open.

Two members of the Blood Shadow Army rushed in.

"Why?! Why are you killing me!!!" Xue Ruyu roared.

"Your Highness! Fourth Prince!!!" The two Blood Shadow Army soldiers were also stunned. They had never imagined they would see such a scene upon entering.

"The Fourth Prince is in danger!"

"Save the Fourth Prince!"

"..."

Instantly, the two well-trained Blood Shadow Army soldiers sent out a signal for reinforcements.

At that moment, the entire Royal Hall descended into chaos.

Countless members of the Blood Shadow Army swarmed toward the room from all directions.

"Ninth Princess? What’s going on?!"

"Capture her first and ask questions later!"

Two of the leaders gave the order.

Immediately, another two Blood Shadow Army soldiers ran to save the Fourth Prince. However, the moment their hands touched the green flames, they were also set alight.

"AHH!!"

"This fire... it won’t go out!!!"

"Seize her!"

The Blood Shadow Army was the most elite unit of the Blood Race. Their strength was comparable to the Celestial Race’s Great Angel Corps, and every single soldier possessed immense power.

They were, after all, the Royal City’s Guard Army!

’So there are ten high-rank individuals: one ninth-rank, two eighth-ranks, and seven seventh-ranks. Besides them... there are also nearly thirty sixth-rank elites.’ Gao Neng assessed the strength of the surrounding Blood Shadow Army at a glance.

’Very strong!’

’And more of the Blood Shadow Army are still on their way.’

’The main problem is that ninth-ranker. He’ll be tricky to deal with...’

Gao Neng’s ’Glare at You’ was only at the Intermediate level. At most, it could reveal the weaknesses of seventh-rank opponents. For eighth-ranks, the details became blurry, and as for ninth-ranks, their weaknesses were basically "hidden."

’He had been thinking for a while about which skill to upgrade first.’

’And now, it seemed the time to choose had come.’

Name: Gao Neng.

Age: 18.

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Special Abilities: 1. Glare at You (Intermediate), 2. Four Symbols (Epic), 3. Life Atom Fission (Advanced), 4. Celestial Book Deduction (Intermediate), 5. Source (Epic).

Special Skill: Infinite Possibility (Intermediate)

Evolution: 7/10 (Progress)

’Should I upgrade ’Glare at You,’ ’Life Atom Fission,’ or ’Celestial Book Deduction’?’ Gao Neng mused for a moment, immediately dismissing Celestial Book Deduction.

’Although the ability was useful, it couldn’t solve his immediate problem.’

’Upgrading that ability now...’

’...he didn’t have time to practice new combat techniques.’

’As for Life Atom Fission, that was a really good option.’

’It was a prime candidate for an upgrade.’

After completing the first stage of the mission, Gao Neng hadn’t chosen to upgrade a skill right away. The main reason was his hesitation about whether to raise ’Life Atom Fission’ to the Epic level.

’Epic-level abilities were truly super powerful!’

’For example, Four Symbols and Source.’

’Those two were probably the abilities he used most at his current stage, the perfect choice for killing enemies above his own rank.’

"If he upgraded ’Life Atom Fission’ to Epic, it would surely become an incredibly powerful ability."

’But if he did that...’

"...the ’Glare at You’ ability would basically be useless for the time being."

’In truth, the ability was still quite strong at the Intermediate level.’

Back then, Gao Neng had relied on this ability to see his opponents’ weaknesses at a glance, which ultimately allowed him to fight his way onto the Dragon List.

’Weaknesses in a single glance!’

’It really was incredibly useful!’

’Giving up on it just like that didn’t seem worth it.’

"’Life Atom Fission is still good enough for now... I’ll upgrade ’Glare at You’ first.’ With a decision made, Gao Neng immediately called out to the system."

"System, upgrade the ’Glare at You’ ability."

"DING. Host has one skill upgrade opportunity. Are you sure you want to use this opportunity to upgrade the ’Glare at You’ ability?"

"Confirm!"

"BEEP. ’Glare at You’ ability, upgrading..."

"Upgrade successful!"

"Congratulations, Host. You have obtained a new ability: Ghostly Ghost Eye."

"’Ghostly Ghost Eye?’ The name sounded pretty impressive. Gao Neng didn’t hesitate and subconsciously opened the system’s skill description."

Special Ability: Ghostly Ghost Eye (Advanced).

First: The Host, possessing the Ghostly Ghost Eye, can see in all directions at once—front, back, left, right, up, and down—for a 360-degree, unobstructed view. (Spend Alliance Coins to activate unimpeded see-through vision. Unimpeded see-through vision distance: 10,000 Alliance Coins / 1 meter)

Second: You can see all the information and weaknesses of any opponent at the ninth-rank and below in a single glance.

Third: Preenactment (This is a restricted ability. It can be used a total of three times, and on only one person per day. Once the uses are depleted, they are gone.)

"’Preenactment?!’" Gao Neng was taken aback.

He understood the first two descriptions, of course.

The first one expanded his field of vision, giving him perfect 360-degree awareness. He could not only see everything around him but also see through objects.

’The only catch was...’

’It cost money!’

’Ten thousand Alliance Coins for one meter?’

’What did that even mean?’

’It meant that seeing through 500 meters would cost five million, 1,000 meters would cost ten million, and 10,000 meters... would cost a freaking hundred million!’

’It was basically robbery.’

’However, the ability was indeed worth the price.’

’After all, it was unimpeded see-through vision...’

Let’s not even talk about practical functions like long-range reconnaissance. The two words "see-through vision" were enough!